Capture values

You capture values to save event frame or transfer attribute values to a table in the PI AF database. This can improve performance since PI AF does not execute any data references.

Note: If you add new attributes to event frames or transfers with captured values, you should recapture those values to ensure that values are also captured for the new attributes.

1. In the navigator, click Event Frames.

2. In the Event Frames browser, choose from the following actions.

   To capture values for ...	Do this ...
   All transfers or parent event frames in a collection	Right-click a search or recent collection. Click Capture or Recapture Values. Alternatively, follow these steps. Click a search or recent collection. In the viewer, right-click below the list of event frames or transfers. Click Capture or Recapture Values.
   Child event frames in a collection	Click a search or recent collection. In the viewer, click beside each event frame for which you want to capture values. The child event frames are displayed. In the viewer, use Windows selection keystrokes to select event frames and child event frames: To select contiguous objects, press SHIFT+<click>. To select non-contiguous objects, press CTRL+<click>. To select all displayed objects, press CTRL+A. Right-click a selected event frame. Click Capture or Recapture Values.
   A single event frame	Expand a search or a recent event frame collection. Select the event frame. Choose from the following actions. In the General tab, click the Capture Values link. Right-click and click Capture or Recapture Values. Note: For subsequent value captures, the link changes to Recapture Values.
   A single transfer	Expand a search or a recent transfer collection. Select the transfer. Right-click and click Capture or Recapture Values.

3. In the Capture or Recapture Values window, check the status and click Close.

A Has Captured Values icon () is displayed in the viewer beside each event frame or transfer that has a captured value.